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| Born | 5 August 1991 Veghel, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Annemiek Bekkering (born 5 August 1991) is a former Dutch competitive sailor. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 49er FX. [1]
On November 29, 2021, she announced her retirement of the professional sailing sport. [2]
Marianne Vos is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team Visma–Lease a Bike.
Annemiek van Vleuten is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.
Marit Bouwmeester is a sailor from the Netherlands.
Liv AlUla Jayco is a women's professional cycling team based in Australia which competes in the UCI Women's World Tour and other elite women's events throughout the world.
Ross Bekkering is a former Canadian-Dutch professional basketball player. Bekkering played in the Dutch Basketball League. Bekkering is the younger brother of Henry Bekkering, who was a professional basketball player as well.
Anna van der Breggen is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, Sengers Ladies Cycling Team, Rabo–Liv and SD Worx. She won the gold medal in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and has won the Giro d'Italia Femminile on four occasions. In 2018 and 2020, she won the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships.
The Netherlands competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes had competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, with the exception of the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Tess Lieder is a Dutch handballer who plays as goalkeeper for the Dutch national team.
Annette Duetz is a sailor from the Netherlands. Together with Annemiek Bekkering, she is the bronze medalist of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Skiff – 49er FX.
Lilian de Geus is a Dutch sailor. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the RS:X windsurfer, achieving 4th place overall.
Bosco Pérez-Pla de Alvear is a Spanish former field hockey player who played as a defender a total of 142 times for the Spanish national team until 2017.
Nouchka Fontijn is a retired Dutch boxer. She was the European champion in the women's middleweight or 75 kg class after winning gold at both the European Championships in 2014 and the European Games in 2015.
Glenn Schuurman is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender or midfielder. He played a total 159 matches from 2012 until 2021 for the Dutch national team and scored three goals.
Mirco Pruyser is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a forward for Amsterdam and the Dutch national team.
Hidde Turkstra is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender for the Dutch national team.
Nicole van der Velden is a Spanish-Aruban sailor. She was born Aruban, but received the Spanish nationality by the Spanish government in 2019. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Nacra 17 race with Thijs Visser; they won two races and placed 16th in the final standings. She was the flag bearer for Aruba in the Parade of Nations. She campaigned a 49er FX towards the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and is presently campaigning an IQ Foil windsurfer towards the 2024 Olympic Games.
Afrodite Zegers as Afrodite Kyranakou) is a Greek born Dutch competitive sailor. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's 470 class, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the women's 470 class.
Annemieke or Annemiek is a Dutch feminine given name. Like Annemarie, it is a combination of the names Anna and Maria, via the hypocorism Mieke. People with the names include:
The Women 49er FX is a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo and took place between 27 July – 3 August. The defending champions, Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze from Brazil, won the event. Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke from Germany were the second, and Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz from the Netherlands won the bronze medal. For Lutz, Beucke, Bekkring, and Duetz this was the first Olympic medal.
The Netherlands competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
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